§ 1622-g. Construction and purchase contracts. 1. The authority shall
let contracts for construction in the same manner, so far as
practicable, as is provided by law for contracts for the village, except
that where the estimated expense of a contract does not exceed
twenty-four hundred dollars such contract may be entered into without
public letting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the
power of the authority to do any construction directly by the officers,
agents and employees of the authority. Contracts for the purchase of
supplies, materials and equipment shall be let in the same manner as is
provided by law for contracts of the village.

2. For the purposes of article fifteen-A of the executive law only,
the authority shall be deemed a state agency, as the term is used in
such article, and its contracts for design, construction, services and
materials shall be deemed state contracts within the meaning of that
term as set forth in such article.